Heater



March 3, 1936.

Y J. M. AUFIERO HEATER Filed June 19, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

fol-m M. AUFIERO,

BY 'M sM ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 3, 1936 I PATENT OFFICE aoszsse HEATER John M. Aufiero, Brooklyn, N. Y., asslgnor to E. A. Laboratories, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 19, 1934;8erial No.- 731.244

9 Claims.

This invention relates to a structurally and functionally improved form of heater, and in its more specific aspects aims to provide an apparatus of this nature particularly intended for use in connection with motor vehicles and in other installations where a source of hot water, steam .or its equivalent is available, and where a small space is to be efliciently heated.

It is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus of this character, the parts of which will be relatively few in number and individually rugged and simple in construction, these parts being capable of production largely by the use of automatic machinery, and being thereupon susceptible to assemblage by relatively unskilled labor, with minimum expense, to provide a unitary apparatus operating over long periods of time with freedom from difflculty.

A further object of the invention is that of furnishing an apparatus of this nature by means of which heat may be readily and efliciently distributed in any desired m'anner throughout the en- 'closure to be warmed, and in which the parts, when adjusted to assume the desired positions, will remain-in such position until they are deliberately readjusted.

A further object of the invention is that of furnishing an apparatus of this nature which may readily be coupled to the circulating system of an internal combustion motor or otherwise and regardless of the peculiarities of the mounting surfaces peculiar to the motor vehicle within which the heater is to be disposed.

With these and other objects in mind, reference is had to the attached sheets of drawings illustrating one practical embodiment of the invention, and in which- Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically the forward portion of a motor vehicle with which the heater is associated;

Fig. 2 is a face view showing certain of the parts broken away to disclose the underlying construction;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the heater; and

Fig. 4'lS 'a transverse sectional view taken along the lines 4-4 and in the direction of the arrows as indicated in Fig. 3;

Referring primarily to Fig. 1, it is to be understood that in this view there is illustrated in somewhat schematic manner one method of mounting and coupling a heater of the present type. Obviouslythis heater may be mounted in numerous other manners, and need not necessarily be coupled to an internal combustion mo- REISSUED tor, but might have some -other primary source of heat. a

Thus, in this view the numeral 5 indicates the radiator of a motor vehicle, and 6 the dash of the vehicle mounting such radiator. 1 indicates a motor of the water cooled type, which is provided with water manifolds 8 connecting its jacket with the radiator, and which jacket and/or manifold may be tapped by tubes 9, so that a certain amount of the cooling fluid may be diverted through the m heater, as hereinafter described. In the usual manner, one or both of these -manifolds may be provided with valves (not shown), controlled either manually or automatically through the action of a thermostat or otherwise. The fore- 15 going-except in so far as maybe indicated by the claimsforms no part of the present invention, and the various structures which may be employed in this connection are well known to those skilled in the art. 0

' As shown in Figs. 2 to 4, the heater proper may 0 include an upper head In and a lower head ll,

between which extend tubes i2 having fins or other heat dissipating surfaces l3. Connected, as shown, to one corner of the upper head is a 5 tube It, a similar tube l5 being connected preferably at the diametricanirv opposite corner of the other head, it being noted that strips M andl 5' may be provided to each side of the unit.

, With a view to protecting this heating unit and 30 also to properly finish the same and provide a mounting. forits associated parts, a casing I6 encloses the same and may be secured thereto in any suitable manner, as for example by employ, ing bolts l1 and spacing washers I 8. Associated 35 with this casing is a finishing strip l9, which is preferably mounted centrally of the unit and extends transversely across the upper portion of the casing. This member may be secured in position, as for example by a clip structure 20, it 40 being obvious that bolts or other supplemental or substitute securing elements may also be utilized. In this manner it is entirely feasible to finish the casing with chrome-nickel or other suitable material and still have the strip I9 formed 45 of contrasting material without it being necessary to mask the entire casing to secure this result. Moreover, by mounting the strip l9 as heretofore. brought out, it will serve as a movement limiting structure in a mannerhereinafter to be described. 50

A frame member 2| is suitably secured to the rear of the heating unit or core, and this member may mount a motor casing 22 from which a power shaft for driving a fan 23 extends. In "ne with the air column developed by this fan, 55

distributing structure, a rod swingingly connected thereto, a panel formed with a socket for the accommodation of said rod, and a headed end portion forming a part of said rod and beyond said socket for preventing accidental detachment of the parts. a

6. A heater including, in combination, a heat distributing structure, a headed rod swingingly connected thereto, apanel formed with a socket, said rod extending through said socket and with its head beyond the same, and a spring disposed within said socket and frictionally engaging said rod at points short of said head for retarding swinging movements of the panel with respect to said rod.

7. A heater. including a pair of spaced heads, a heat distributing structure interposed between and connected to said heads, brackets for sup-- porting said heater, a mounting structure for connecting the ends of such brackets and such structure, such mounting means being spaced equally from each other whereby said brackets may be variously applied to have said heads extending in vertical and horizontal planes with the brackets in either event in the same position, said heater structure with the heads extending in horizontal positions presenting an opening in one head adjacent the left hand corner thereof, and an opening in the other head adjacent the right hand corner thereof.

8. A heater structure to be mounted to have its parts extend in given directions or to have those parts axially turn in directions at right angles to the given directions, and such heater structure including a pair of spaced heads, a heat distributing structure interposed between and connected to said heads, said heads-with said heater structure disposed in one position-extending in different horizontal planes, and one of said heads being formed with an opening adjacent its left hand end while the other of such heads is formed with an opening adjacent its right hand end whereby, if the structure is shifted, such openings will still occupy different horizontal planes.

9. A heater including a pair of spaced heads, a heat distributing structure interposed between and connected to said heads, such heads being formed with openings adjacent one of their ends, and a nozzle disposed within oneof such heads and connected to the opening thereof for diverting fluid entering through such opening sideways throughout the area of such head.

JOHN M. Ammo. 

